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Re:The Dangers of California's Legislation to Censor 3D Prin... by caconym_ on Tuesday April 14, 2026 @05:40PM (#47771854)
Reminds me of the sUAS legislation crushing the R/C flying hobby. Vague allusions to "safety" are constantly being thrown around, but in fact it seems that big companies are lobbying to claim the airspace for drone delivery and similar autonomous BVLOS operations.
Re:The Dangers of California's Legislation to Censor 3D Prin... by terbo on Tuesday April 14, 2026 @09:14PM (#47773497)
And as a result there are a bunch of sub 250g long range digital builds and RTFs that achieve the same as the drones people flew pre remote ID..
Re:The Dangers of California's Legislation to Censor 3D Prin... by caconym_ on Tuesday April 14, 2026 @10:22PM (#47773926)
Flying BVLOS is still illegal (including using goggles without a spotter) and basically nobody in the FPV hobby (non part 107) runs remoteid or registers their drones, even if they're over 250g. IDK what the AMA club field guys are doing, but they've all got FRIAs anyway.

In the FPV hobby, interest in smaller drones has increased, but I'm not really sure whether to attribute that more to regulations or just the fact that more components are available now to build smaller drones that can fly in public spaces without interfering with other people's usage, or even inside your own home. Overall it feels like the main impact of the regulations is to keep people away from the hobby entirely, since people who get into it inevitably start ignoring the more onerous rules sooner or later.

I'm expecting it to get worse, anyway. And the guys who fly DJI-style consumer drones are fucked, sub250 or not.

Re:The Dangers of California's Legislation to Censor 3D Prin... by jim33442 on Wednesday April 15, 2026 @10:35AM (#47779603)
Idk what law in particular, but if this is about flying drones at low altitude in places where other people didn't show up to hear drones buzzing, I'd want it banned whoever is doing it.
Re:The Dangers of California's Legislation to Censor 3D Prin... by caconym_ on Wednesday April 15, 2026 @03:26PM (#47783979)
No, the regulations I'm referencing have nothing to do with where (in the local sense) you can and can't fly drones. Even if I owned a thousand square miles in the middle of nowhere and wanted to fly a 75mm tinywhoop in the center of my own property, these regulations would affect me exactly the same as they would some jackass taking video of women sunbathing on a crowded beach with an 8" cinelifter. Typically local laws provide the recourse you're looking for.